The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us many lessons about health security – not the least that, when health resources are scarce, African countries cannot necessarily rely on imports to protect…
Instead of reacting to the identification of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 with travel bans and fear, the world should be lauding southern African scientists, investing in their research capacity,…
The world must act quickly to support African institutions in fighting the third wave of COVID-19 and bringing vaccines to the more than 98 percent of Africans who remain unvaccinated.
Oumar Seydi, Africa director for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, shares the foundation’s two-pronged response to coronavirus in Africa: short-term assistance to bolster the immediate response, and long-term support…
